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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-10-28
A COLD COUNTRY.
Fifteen Degrees Below Zero at BiIIins
SnowStorms in Iowa and Wisconsin

Fifteen Degrees Below Zero at Billings
Snow-Storms in Iowa and Wisconsin.
BILLINGS, NJ T., Oct. 25.-One of the Sc
verest storms known to occur at this season
is just over. There are four inches of snow
on the ground and the thermometer is 15
degrees below zero, with clear weather.
WAUPAcA, Wis, Oct 25.-Sunday night
snow fell to the depth of six inches There
must be 300, 900 bushels of potatoes in this
county, which are as yet in the ground.
Unless the weather abates the loss among
Waupaca County farmers will be large.
MASON CRY, Ia, Oct 25.-It showed al
most continuously Sunday. The ground is
frozen several inches, and this winds up the
blowing for this year. Farmers are well
prepared and protected for the winter.
ST PAUL, Mimi, Oct 25.-It was bitterly
cold here all yesterday, and the mercury
stands at 90 above
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-10-28
PREPARING FOR WAR.

United States Troops Strengthening the
Defenses at Fort Custer, NJ. T.-Chey-
enne Braves Join the Crows. and Are
Ready for Bloody Winter Campaign.
-DEApwooD, d. T., Oct. 26-Five com
panies OF soldiers en- route for the Crow
Reservation, July equipped for war, are de-
layed by the weather, the snow being
fifteen inches deep and the thermometer
sixteen degrees below zero. Advices from
Tongue river say the young Cheyenne
braves have joined the Crows, and that the
savages are fully prepared and ready for a
bloody and desperate winter campaign.
Troops were engaged in throwing up
earthworks and perfecting a system of de-
lenses for Fort Custer, ~ T.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-10-28
THE EAST.

WoonMAN, TRUE & Co., jobbers in dry
goods at Portland, Me-, assigned on the Goth
with liabilities of $350,OO0.
The American Shipping and Industrial
League opened their convention on the
21st at Boston, ten States being represent
ed Speeches were made by Senator Frye
and Hon. Nelson Dingley, of Maine, who
advocated better protection of our foreign
carrying trade, and that. portion of the
Treasury surplus be used to pay for sailing
merchant ships under the American flag.
THE United States begun suit at New
York on the 21st against the trustees of
Trinity Church for importing, under con-
tract to preach, Rev. E. Walpole Warren, in
vic alton of the Contract-Labor law
1Y the explosion Of o jappanning oven at
Bristol, Conn, three boys were killed on
the 22d.
VERY skillfullY executed counterfeit
postal cards made their appearance in Pitts
burgh Pa, on the Oath
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-10-28

A WELL which must be wonder of
the first magnitude has been discovered
near Harlem, Columbia County, Ca,
about thirty miles from Augusta. A
noise can be distinctly heard down in
the well resembling swarm of bees,
and a glance down plainly shows that
it is boiling furiously. A lighted torch
was let down in the well to see if it
contained gas, but without result
This well was dug about one year ago,
and has been acting like other wells
lntI a few weeks ago, when it began
20 boil and has continued to boil inces-
sanity ever since.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-10-28
Federatinn nf Traaas

New YORK, Oct 25.-President Samuel
Gompers and the executive council of the
American Federation of Trades send from
their headquarters in this city a call for a
convention, which, it is said, will be one of
the most important for organized labor
ever held. The signers of the call urge all
concerned to see to it that the trades and
labor unions of the country are linked
together in one grand brotherhood under
the banner of the American Federation of
,ahar
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-10-28

LEROY Brown an elderly man, was
playing with a pet kitten at his
home noar the railroad track in Homer.
N l., few days ago, when the kitten
jumped from his arms and darted
across the track. Mr., Brown started
in pursuit and was struck by an ex-
press train and hurled fifty feet upon
an esnbankment His neck was broken
QnG he died almost instantly.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-10-28
TRIPLE MURDER.
An Arkansan Shoots Down Three Negro
Who Use His Boat Without Leave.

An Arkansan Shoots Down Three Negroes
Who Use His Boat without Leave.
ALPHABETICAL, Fla, Oct 26.-News has
reached here that white man named Par
IRISH shot and killed three coIored men in
Calhoun County few days ago Four
negroes were using Parrish's boat to gather
up logs broken loose from raft, when
Parrish came along. 1t is said that
the negroes told Parrish they had no inten-
tioH Of stealing the boat, but Parrish would
not receive explanations He raised his
Winchester and shot one down in the boat,
killed another on the raft and another who
was attempting to run away The fourth
Owed overheard and escaDed
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-10-28

OTTo BELT, one of the greatest of
Comanche chiefs, died in Indian Ter
ritory a few days ago. Five minutes
before his death they held him erect
and rugged him out in his best war
costume They painted him red, set
his war bonnet on his head, tied up his
hair in beaver skins, and laid him down
just as he died. Then his five wives
took sharp butcher-knives, slashed
their faces with long, deep cuts, cut
themselves in other places, and beat
their bleeding bodies and pulled their
hair They also burned every thing
they had,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-10-28
Awful Fate of Two Children.

HURON, d. T., Oct 26-Monday, while
Mrs. Eugene Kelly was away from home a
few minutes, the house caught fire and was
burned to the ground Her two children
were in the house and wer e burned to death.
AS they used a hay burner stove, it is be-
lieved the fire caught in the hay that was
on the floor The wind was strong and the
house could not be saved
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-10-28

PROBABLY Rev, George R. Rogers, OF
Brooks Station, Ky, is the oldest min
lister in active service in the United
states Though ninety-six years old
he frequently rides his horse to Louis
VilIe and lDtm ns-a distance of twen-
ty-siX mixes. He served through the
war OF 1912 and draws q pension for
that service
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-10-28

HE failure of Cheyenne Bank for
malt amillion dollars apparently throws
light on the conflicting reports as to
the losses of cattle en- the plains dur
ING last winter and the depression
which exists in the range-stock bust
ness The bank had made heavy
loans to stockmen which it was unable
to collect.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-10-28

AN old man of seventy, who occu-
pied garnet in Paris, died suddenly.
The Police C1mmissary who was called
in was leaving the wretched room after
throwing a glance around, when he
accidentally overturned an old table,
the drawer Of which fell out, and with
it stream of Napoleons amounting,
as it turned out, to1O0,0O0 francs. A
further search in the garnet led to the
discovery of notes and securities
representing 100000 francs more.
The old miser was never known to
receive any one, and is supposed to
leave no heiE
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-10-28
The Smaller Pnst-nfficas.

WASHINGTON, Oct 26-John H. Pat
terson, of Chicago, editor of the United
States Mail, is in the city again to renew his
efforts with Congress in behalf of third and
fourth class postmasters The former want
allowances for rent and clerk-hire, and the
latter want bigger proportion of the
receipts of their offices, and all of them
want box-rents for q perquisite Mr.. Patter-
son thinks his chances of success this winter
are good
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-10-28

GHE monument to Francis Scott
Esey, author of the "Star Spangled
Banner" provided for in the will of
James Lick, to be set up in the park at
San Francisco, is now on its way from
Rome in an Italian sailing vessel, and
is expected to reach the former city
by january l. 1t is the work of W.
w. Story.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-10-28

NNCENzIo JULIANo, an italian MUIR
Gerer locked up in the Newark On. J.)
JAIL is not lost to humane feeling,
since it has been discovered that he
saves the lions share of his prison
1 fare for mis- starving wife and children.
When 1he Jail officials learned this they
doubled his allowance of food.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-10-28
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE,

| SPRINGS which had but recently appeared
were on the Goth flooding the district of
Roquil, Havana Extensive cane fields were
submerged and the water was rising
AT Port Philip, Australia, the steamer
CheViot was wrecked on the Doth and many
of the passengers were drowned
UNUSUALLY cold weather for this time of
| year was reported in Germany on the Doth.
| Several persons had been frozen to death
while sleeping in the open air at Carlsruhe,
Crefeld and other places. II 4
In London on the Goth the steamer Great
Eastern was sold at auction for $1O5, 900
EXCAVATIONS on ground in Jerusalem be-
longing to the Russian Government, result
ed on the 21st in the discovery of the re-
mains of the ancient town wall and the po-
sition of the gates of the town during the
| lifetime of the Saviour, and through which
He passed to Golgotha.
TERRIBLE storm ragged along the New
England coast on the 21st, and many YES
sells were driven into harhor for shelter.
having suffered more or less severely.
IT was reported at London on the 22d
that the town of Ketab in Bucharea, Cen
trail Asia, had been destroyed by fire, and
half its inhabitants We're burned to death.
AT Newcastle, Eng, fire on the Oath in
THE death by drowning, in shipwreck
off Madagascar, of Remenyi, the famous
| Hungarian violinist, was reported on the
| Oath L @
| THE latest accounts received at London
| from Stanley Pool say that the explorer, Stan
| ley, had proceeded 100 miles further up the
Aruwhimi, where he was awaiting more men
and supplies. So far the natives had shown
| no hostility to the exDedtiOn eT tf
| AT Montreal, Can, a fearful wind-storm
ragged on the Oath, blowing down houses
and doing other damage. During the gale
| forty houses were destroyed by fire. At
Mitchell a house was swept away and two
| persons were killed.
A DWELLING at Clearwater N B., occupied
by a family named Greer, was destroyed by
fire on the Oath and the mother, son and
daughter were cremated
NEAR Port Palhousie, Ont, the barge
Oriental foundered on the Oath and five
| persons were lost q
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-10-28

CINCINNATI, Oct 26-There are 500 cases
of typhoid fever in Cincinnati, and the dis
/ ease Is rapidly spreading Fifty cases are
at the Belts street hospital alone. The
fever for the most part is confined to chill
dren Many physicians, among them the
health officer, think the low stage of the
river to be the cause of the outbreak Ty-
phoid malaria is also prevalent.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-10-28
A Terrible Confession.

SAN Francisco, Oct 25-Henry Benhayon
committed suicide Sunday in this city, leav-
ing letter for the coroner, in which he
stated that. two years ago, he poisoned his
sister, the wife of DR.. J. Milton Bowers, to
secure the insurance on her life. DR.. Bow
ers was tried for the murder, Benhayon be-
Ing the principal witness against him, and
is now in prison under sentence of death.
Efforts are being made to establish the truth
of Benhayon's confession.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-10-28
Paving. the Bills

ST. LOUIS, Oct 26-John s Stephens, the
attorney Of the Toledo, Peoria & Western
railway, with headquarters at Peoria, says
the company has up to date settled with
the relatives or legal representatives of for
ty of the people who were killed at Chats
worth, and with sixty of those who were
injured The highest amount paid out on a
death loss was So, OOO es
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-10-28

Mrs. CLARIssA Cox, of Wakefield,
Mass, who recently rounded out one
hundred years of life in Tits vale of
tears, was asked the secret of her lon
gevity- Hard work, said she; ''hard
work has always been good for me,
and I've always had plenty of it to
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-10-28

A. y. BLACK and Miss Vina Melon
ald' Ot Kingsville, Ont, can scarcely
be accused of indecent haste in the
matter OF matrimony. They have just
concluded to get married after ro-
nlsntic courtship extending over pc
GDd of nearly forty years.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-10-28
The Wrecked Fidelity.

WASHINGTON, Oct 2e,-The Comptroller
OF the Currency yesterday declared divi-
dend of % per cent in favor of the cred
itors of the Fidelity National Bank of Gin
cinnati, on claims proved amounting to
1856, $50. The dividend will be paid on
and after October 81
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-10-28

ALMOST the entire peppermint prod
71ct of the world comes from three
counties in Michigan and one in New
York. About $4,000 pounds have
been raised this year, which shows a
falling off of 5000 pounds from the
yield of Fast wear.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-10-28

WHAT is pronounced by physicians as
the most remarkable case of general
tuberculosis of the system to be found
an medical records is reported from
Montpelier, Ind. A post norton held
on the body of man named Jackson
revealed the tact that all the organs of
the deceased were full of tubercles, and
that the heart had almost entirely
wasted away. He had been sick less
than wear.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-10-28
Three Killed.

WATERBURY, Conn, Oct 24?-The oven
used for japanning at the works of j. H
Sessions & Sons exploded with terrific
force, Immediately setting the building
On lire. When the fire was extinguished,
shortly afterward, three dead bodies were
taken from the ruins Two other persons
We're seriously injured
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-10-28

JOHN A. BINGHAM, Of Ohio, late
Minister to Japan, refuses to sleep
alone on in a dark room. He wants
somebody with him and the gas blaz-
ing al night. Old John Robinson, the
famous circus-man of Cincinnati is
pos sessed of a similar idiosvncrasv.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-10-28
Exports and Imports.

New YORK, Oct "a Merchandise exports
during September past aggregated $780,
PSI, 16s, against $4,000, 042 during Sep
TENDER, 18Se. Imports last month aggre-
gated il value $56. 0O9, 735, against $685.
$50, 1888 in September. 1886.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-10-28
Lost His Life in. the Atlantic.

soMERs' POINT, N. j., Oct 26.-Williarn
Reed, noted oil prospector, who was
worth near $1,0OO,00O was drowned in
the Atlantic ocean yesterday. He had q
divining-rod to which he attributed marvel
GUS powers, and it is supposed he lost his
life while searching with it for shipwreck
treasures that are said to be hidden along
the New Jersey coast ..s +
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-10-28

WORDS, words, words, mean dollars,
dollars, dollars. During the last year
the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany handled 1891, $50 messages.
The surplus of the years business is
81. hQ2. $50
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-10-28
Passed Out of Existence.

CHICAGO, Oct 26.-The International
Working Peoples Association, which for
merly numbered about 3, 900 members in
this city, has gone out of existence, owing,
probably, to the growth of new labor par
ties and in a measure to the result Of tue
Anarchists trial :
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-10-28

HE tonnage moved by all Che rail.
roads IL. 1886 equaled 482, 900, 600
tons; it is estimated that the tonnage
this Year will equal 545, 600, 900 tons,
comparative increase Of IS. 900. 600.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-10-28

a DAUeHTER of the King of Den
marx, the duchess of Cumberland.
who has been in an insane asylum at
Vienna for some months, has regained
her reason.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-10-28
Sad Fate of a Famous musician,

LONDON, Oct 26.-The famous Hunga-
rian yiolinist, Remenyi, who was well
known in the United States as a popular
player, has been drowned in shipwreck
off the coast Of Madagascar
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-10-28
TERRIBLE EXPLOSION,
Six Boilers Burst-Four Men Killed and
Twenty Others Ynunded

Six Boilers Burst-Four Men Killed and
Twenty Others Wounded.
IRoNTowN, o., Oct 25-At s o'clock yes-
terday morning battery of six steam boil
ers in the Lawrence IRON works ex-
ploded, killing James and Mike Dwyer,
brothers; Thomas Davis and Pete
Clay. Portions of the boilers were blown
half mile away The wounded number
twenty. If the boilers had gone upward
through the mill the loss of life would have
been fearful The west part of the mill is a
total wreck. The lamentations of friends
and relatives at the scene were simply
heartrendinr.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-10-28

If you happen to see telephone
wire lying on the ground, you will
find it very safe thing to let alone.
1t might be loaded Springfield
Union.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-10-28

Two YOUNG ladies of Springfield, o..
are in critical condition from the use
of face powder. Skin beautifers may
Kill, but the women must have them.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-10-28

A CORPORATION has been formed at
Santa Fe. N. M, which has for its OBJ
Ject the irrigation of the choicest fruit
and farm lands in the Territory.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-10-28

The popularity of Frank r. Stock
ton as a story-writer is attested by the
fact that the Scribners have sold over
10, 600 copies of his books.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-10-28

LONDON, Oct 25.-The Walker coal nit of
Newcastle is on fire. Twenty-one men have
been rescued alive The total number ef
dead is six y
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-10-28
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SEVEN MORE SAILORS LOST.
The Dolphin's Crew Said to Hare Pc
iShed-The RradIev's Crew Rescued.

The Dolphin's Crew Said to Hare Per-
ished-The Bradley's Crew Rescued.
PORT HURON, Mich, Oct 26.-The steam
barge Oswegatchie of this city arrived down
yesterday morning. She left Bay City Sat-
urday night with the barges M6trie aud
Dolphin loaded with lumber for Clev6
land In the gale of Sunday night the
tow=line was broken and the two
barges were lost Shortly after the arrival
of the Oswegatchie the schooner Breck
sailed in, having on board Captain Sheehan
and five sailors of the barge Morris. Several
sailors on the Morris declare that the Dol
p1in, after parting from the Morris, turned
over and sunk, taking the entire crew
with her. The Morris afterward be-
came water-logged, and at 9 o'clock Mon
day night was just about to break in two,
when the schooner Brock rescued the crew
with great risk The Dolphin was COM
manded by Captain G. Johnson, of East
Saginaw, and had crew of six men, all of
the same place.
MARQUETTE, Mich, Oct 26-The life-sav-
ing crew boarded the schooner Alva Bradley
at 10 o'clock yesterday morning and sue
ceeded in safely landing The entire crew.
---p- -
e. CHOLERA ON THE BRITANNIA.
The Dread Disease Breaks Out-One Death
and One New Case Reported.
NEW YORK, Oct 26-Cholera has broken
out on the steamship Britannia, which has
been for some time detained at the lower
quarantine. The record thus far is one
death and one new case. Last Sunday Pc
tronia Savenico was removed from the
Britannia to the hospital at Swinburne
Island 1t was discovered that the dread
disease was upon him, and Monday he died
He was so years old
Sunday night Gene Rosa Martha Civil, an
Italian, aged %, was stricken with cholera
on the Britannia and was at once removed
to the hospital on Swinburne Island She
is very low. g.e. ..s
The Alesia's surviving passengers who
have been in the Swinburne Hospital are
entirely recovered, and will to-day be re-
moved to Hoffman Island to join the Alesia's
detained passengers. No case has been de-
veloped on Hoffman Island since October 2.
The Britannia is carefully guarded
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-10-28
Eight Inches Of Snow in the BLACK ram

I LISIfu 1HcHes OF SHOW III inc BLACK HiIIs.
Fort MEADE, D. T., Oct 24-0ne of the
severest snow and wind storms ever known
at the Black Hills set in Saturday evening
! and continued all night Eight inches OF
| snow fell, and the drifts seriously impede
| travel
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-10-28
eHAMBERLAiN's MISSION.

SPY the President:
"THoMAs F. BAYARD, Secretary Of State.
Wichita eagle., 1887-04-03
Condition of Honduras.

IN referring to tie industries of Honduras
a few days ago The Observer called atten-
ton to the fact that with proper cultivation
the country could be made one of the most
productive of the Central American states
The only reason why It's progress has been so
slow is to be found in the character of its in
habitantS According to recent authority
society is scandalously demoralized, and
drunkenness, debauchery and gambling pro
vail without restraint or limit. Money is
plenty, comparatively speaking, and easily
obtained, and as in the mining camps Of Cali
fornia III 1919 and 1850, il is used to crafty
the lowest vices. There is no effort whatever
to save.
The large amount of money which is con-
stantly being distributed along the coast in
exchange for fruit would make any civilized
and temperate community prosperous and
happy, says Consul Burchard Of Truxillo.
But in the place of the mat houses and hand
some public works that one might expect to
see, only collection of wretched novels COW
cred with leaves and plastered with mud,
eye. Men 90 barefoot and dirty, ragged and
profane, their sickly and bloated looks telling
Of bad living and dissipation. Women whose
loud dress, fiashy ornaments and general de-
meanor indicate their mode of life, and dirty,
half clad children, with cadaverous faces,
form the great majority of the population Of
the coast cities.-New York Graphic.
Wichita eagle., 1887-04-03
A Rural Virgins Ways His Read.

As we write there are more signs of rain
than for weeks past, yet it is said that all
signs fail in dry time. But we have a new
one. Meeting horny handed son of toll who
had come to town with his truck NE asked
about rain. He said lie was afraid to
prophesy, but on the night previous be had
felt SO strange that he remarked TO his better
half: Wife, I'm pizened Or we viii have
some weather soon" We shall await deve.-
onuasnts with inieres.--siacon Telegraph.
The Conservative Newspaper Reader.
1t IS related that one day, when a news
paper man Of exrerience suggested IN evident
Improvement in 4 certain department CT The
Ledger, Mr. Bonner said; lit would he a
better column. b;,c wouldn't do It FOR 81 COO
The human eye is the mos. conservative thing
IN the word. Ii is easily offended. l have
citen lost subscribers by improving The
Leiger-yes sir, actually By doing something
that il.aGc it better, bat changed its appear
ance. Tue eye resents any htss change IN
place ard appearance. Il looks for tho same
layout week by week. aud 1t viii not Do -
tribe with Anew YORK Sun